History WesternAnimation / CostumeQuest

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-> '''Wren''': Anyone in town could be a monster! Even. Your. Mom.\\
'''Everett''': My mom made pancakes this morning and ''warmed the syrup!'' Would a monster do that?!\\

While trying to get their very own store bought costumes of [[ShowWithinAShow Abe Lincoln Jr: Interdimensional Mega-Hero]] Wren, Reynold, Everett, and Lucy stumble upon Norm’s, a costume shop housing some home-made materials for costumes of their own design. The costumes come in handy when they’re attacked by a nougat-hungry monster in a human suit, upon which they’re transformed into the costumes they’ve created for themselves and fight the monster off! Now possessing great power and not knowing who they can trust, the four must team up to stop the monsters!

Based on the [[VideoGame/CostumeQuest video game of the same name]] by Creator/DoubleFine, ''Costume Quest'' is an AnimatedAdaptation created by Creator/FrederatorStudios. The first half of Season 1 premiered on March 7th, 2019.
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!!The ''Costume Quest'' animated series provides examples of:
* {{Animorphism}}: Most of Lucy's costumes are animals, employing this trope. The other kids occasionally get in on it with some of their own as well.
* ArtisticLicenseGeology: In this universe Nougat is a candy mineral that is mined straight from the ground.
* BecomingTheCostume: The kids turn into the home-made costumes they create from the costume parts they get at Norm's.
* BrokenPedestal:
** Forget about Roody Toots [[spoiler:being an '''ugly''' gremlin repugnian]], he's a condescending abusive sell-out who advertised cheap uninspired Halloween costumes by insulting everyone else's original handcrafted creations. Wren doesn't take the insults well.
** [[spoiler:Wren also doesn't take learning about Norm being a monster very well]].
* CanonForeigner: Norm the costume shop owner never appeared in the games.
* CaptainErsatz: Parodied. Wren insists her costume is of the famous character [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Hat Detective]], but Everett correctly assumes she's talking about Franchise/SherlockHolmes and has no problem naming the PublicDomainCharacter himself.
* CookingShow: ''Baking Betty,'' the show that Norm and [[spoiler:all the main four's parents]] watch in "Baking is Best with Friends", also a ShowWithinAShow.
* CompanyTown: Auburn Hollow is a parody of mining towns, where the main export of their mines was [[ArtisticLicenseGeology nougat]].
* ForceAndFinesse: Wren is force with her hard-hitting offensive costumes (like Abe Lincoln Jr. or a dinosaur), while Reynold is finesse with his costumes leaning more towards defense/support (such as his ghost or magician costumes).
* FanConvention: The setting of "The Big Con" takes place entirely at one, the focus being primarily on Roody Tootz and his Abe Lincoln Jr. costume contest.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: the main cast fit into each Temperament quite nicely, with Wren as the [[HairTriggerTemper hotheaded]] [[TheLeader leader]] (choleric), Reynold as the [[NervousWreck constantly worried]] foil to his sister (melancholic), Lucy as the calmer [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[TheSmartOne smart team member]] between her and Reynold (phlegmatic), and Everett as the [[NiceGuy people-oriented optimist]] (sanguine).
* FusionDance: In the third episode Lucy guides the kids into using their imaginations to combine into an elephant to escape a room they're trapped in.
* GenderBender: Almost all of Wren's costumes are of male characters, keeping with her {{Tomboy}} persona.
* GRatedDrug: Nougat functions as this for the monsters, causing them to drool purple and abandon all reason trying to get to it.
* HeadlessHorseman: Wren's costume in "Baking is Best with Friends" is [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Rudy Toots and a pair of Grubbins turn against Bob in the climax]].
* HumanDisguise: The monsters have them, and it's why the kids don't know who they can trust.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Norm's plot in "Baking is Best with Friends" involves him becoming a NervousWreck trying to relate to the parents of the kids when they invite him over. It's also why he hides the fact that [[spoiler:he's a monster]] from the kids in "Secrets and Lies".
* LatexPerfection: The HumanDisguise suits the Repugnians wear, to the point that when Wren zips one up to use it as a disguise, she can move around perfectly despite it being much taller than her, and the monster who normally wears it is ''much'' too big to fit in it if it were a normal costume.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Wren and Reynold, respectively.
* MiningForCookies: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nougat Nougat]], a confection that's a part of some candy bars, is mined and shipped out as the main export of Auburn Hollow.
* NobodyCanDie: Justified. The monsters have personal human lives, and the kids have doting parents. If either of them go missing during Halloween season, the town will freak. Violently. Both sides also have a LastChanceHitPoint ability; the kid's costumes revert and the monsters turn into 'grubbins', tiny cowardly imps.
* PolarOppositeTwins: [[HotBlooded Wren]] and [[NervousWreck Reynold]].
* PowerUpFood: Nougat, for the Grubbins.
* PragmaticVillainy: "Hey, why don't we just ''eat'' the children-" *One-Hit Grubbification*
-->'''Bob:''' Missing kids equals angry parents equals angry town! The last thing we want right now is a mob of pitchforks and torches!
* SouvenirLand: Nougatown, the theme park in Auburn Hollow in which multiple episodes take place.
* StumbledIntoThePlot: Our four protagonists' OriginStory is that they were trying to look for Halloween costumes and went into Norm's store.
* TomatoSurprise: Due to the monsters having very convincing HumanDisguise suits, characters are revealed to be monsters in disguise with some frequency, so far the most important among them being [[spoiler:Roody Tootz]] and [[spoiler:Norm]].
* {{Unobtainium}}: Nougat in Auburn Hollow is ''mined''. Apparently that's why it gives certain monsters superpowers.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of the kids when they're BecomingTheCostume.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When one of the Repugnians wonders why they don't just try and eat the kids, their boss Bob replies that if the kids go missing, it could cause a panic and disrupt their plans.
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* BrokenPedestal: Forget about Roody Toots [[spoiler:being an '''ugly''' gremlin repugnian]], he's a condescending abusive sell-out who advertised cheap uninspired Halloween costumes by insulting everyone else's original handcrafted creations. Wren doesn't take the insults well.
** [[spoiler: Wren also doesn't take learning about Norm being a monster very well]].

* CookingShow: ''"Baking Betty,"'' the show that Norm and [[spoiler:all the main four's parents]] watch in ''"Baking is Best with Friends"'', also a ShowWithinAShow.

* FanConvention: The setting of ''"The Big Con"'' takes place entirely at one, the focus being primarily on Roody Tootz and his Abe Lincoln Jr. costume contest.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: the main cast fit into each Temperament quite nicely, with Wren as the [[HairTriggerTemper hotheaded]] [[TheLeader leader]](choleric), Reynold as the [[NervousWreck constantly worried]] foil to his sister (melancholic), Lucy as the calmer [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[TheSmartOne smart team member]] between her and Reynold (phlegmatic), and Everett as the [[NiceGuy people-oriented optimist]] (sanguine).
* FusionDance: In the Third episode Lucy guides the kids into using their imaginations to combine into an elephant to escape a room they're trapped in.

* HeadlessHorseman: Wren's costume in ''"Baking is Best with Friends"'' is [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Rudy Toots and a pair of Grubbins turn against Bob in the climax]].

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Norm's plot in ''"Baking is Best with Friends"'' involves him becming a NervousWreck trying to relate to the parents of the kids when they invite him over. It's also why he hides the fact that [[spoiler:he's a monster]] from the kids in ''"Secrets and Lies"''.

* PowerUpFood: Nougat, for the Grubbins. It's how they power up

--> Bob: Missing kids equals angry parents equals angry town! The last thing we want right now is a mob of pitchforks and torches!

* TomatoSurprise: Due to the monsters having very convincing HumanDisguise suits, characters are revealed to be monsters in disguise with some frequency, so far the most important among them being [[spoiler: Roody Tootz]] and [[spoiler: Norm]].

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: One of the Repugnians wonders why they don't just try and eat the kids, their boss Bob replying that if the kids go missing, it could cause a panic and disrupt their plans.

While trying to get their very own store bought costumes of [[ShowWithinAShow Abe Lincoln Jr: Interdimensional Mega-Hero]] Wren, Reynold, Everett, and Lucy stumble upon Norm’s, a costume shop housing some home-made materials for costumes of their own design. The costumes come in handy when they’re attack by a nougat-hungry monster in a human suit, upon which they’re transformed into the costumes they’ve created for themselves and fight the monster off! Now possessing great power and not knowing who they can trust, the four must team up to stop the monsters!

Based on the [[VideoGame/CostumeQuest game of the same name]], ''Costume Quest'' is an AnimatedAdaptation created by Creator/FrederatorStudios, based on the game series by Creator/DoubleFine. The first half of Season 1 premiered on March 7th, 2019.

* {{Adorkable}}: All of the kids to some degree, but especially Reynold and his vast knowledge of nougat trivia.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: One of the Repugnians wonders why they don't just try and eat the kids, their boss replying that if the kids go missing, it could cause a panic and disrupt their plans.

* NobodyCanDie: Justified. The monsters have personal human lives, and the kids have doting parents. If either of them go missing during Halloween season, the town will freak. Violently. Both sides also have a LastChanceHitPoint ability

* PragmaticVillany: "Hey, why don't we just ''eat'' the children-" *One-Hit Grubbification*
--> Boss: Missing kids equals angry parents equals angry town! The last thing we want is a mob of pitchforks and torches!

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of the kids when they're BecomingTheCostume.

* GenderBender: Almost all of Wren's costumes are of male characters.

* FusionDance: In the second episode Lucy guides the kids into using their imaginations to combine into an elephant to escape a room they're trapped in.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: the main cast fit into each Temperament quite nicely, with Wren as the [[HairTriggerTemper hotheaded]] [[TheLeader leader]](choleric), Reynold as the [[NervousWreck constantly worried]]foil to his sister (melancholic), Lucy as the calmer [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[TheSmartOne smart team member]] between her and Reynold (phlegmatic), and Everett as the [[NiceGuy people-oriented optimist]] (sanguine).

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* CookingShow: ''"Baking Betty"'' the show that Norm and [[spoiler:all the main four's parents]] watch in ''"Baking is Best with Friends"'', also a ShowWithinAShow.

* FanConvention: The setting of ''"The Big Con"'' take place entirely at one, the focus being primarily on Roody Tootz and his Abe Lincoln Jr. costume contest.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Norm's plot in ''"Baking is Better with Friends"'' involves him becming a NervousWreck trying to relate to the parents of the kids when they invite him over. It's also why he hides the fact that [[spoiler:he's a monster]] from the kids in ''"Secrets and Lies"''.

* Adorkable: All of the kids to some degree, but especially Reynold and his vast knowledge of nougat trivia.

%%* CookingShow: ''"Baking Betty"'', also a ShowWithinAShow.

%%* ForceAndFinesse: Wren is force and Reynold is finesse.
%%* FanConvention: The setting of ''"The Con"''.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The main cast fit into each Temperament quite nicely, with Wren as Choleric, Reynold as Melancholic, Lucy as Phlegmatic, and Everett as Sanguine.

%%* GRatedDrug: Bougat functions as the for the monsters.
%%* HeadlessHorseman: [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.

%%* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Norm's plot in ''"Baking is Better with Friends"''.
%%* PolarOppositeTwins: Wren and Reynold.
%%* PowerUpFood: Nougat, for the Grubbins.
%%* SouvenirLand: Nougatown.
%%* TomatoSurprise: Every character who's revealed to be a monster in disguise, most important among them being [[spoiler: Roody Tootz]] and [[spoiler: Norm]].

* CookingShow: ''"Baking Betty"'', also a ShowWithinAShow.

* ForceAndFinesse: Wren is force and Reynold is finesse.
* FanConvention: The setting of ''"The Con"''.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The main cast fit into each Temperament quite nicely, with Wren as Choleric, Reynold as Melancholic, Lucy as Phlegmatic, and Everett as Sanguine.

* GRatedDrug: Bougat functions as the for the monsters.
* HeadlessHorseman: [[PunnyName Headless Horse-Wren]], actually.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Norm's plot in ''"Baking is Better with Friends"''.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Wren and Reynold.
* PowerUpFood: Nougat, for the Grubbins.
* SouvenirLand: Nougatown.
* TomatoSurprise: Every character who's revealed to be a monster in disguise, most important among them being [[spoiler: Roody Tootz]] and [[spoiler: Norm]].

Based on the [[VideoGame/CostumeQuest game of the same name]], ''Costume Quest'' is an AnimatedAdaptation created by Creator/FrederatorStudios, based on the game series by Creator/DoubleFine. The first half of Season 1 premiered on March 8th, 2019.

* TomatoSurprise: Every minor character who's revealed to be a monster in disguise, most important among them being [[spoiler: Roody Tootz]] and [[spoiler: Norm]].

'''Everett''': My mom made pancakes this morning and warmed the syrup! Would a monster do that?!\\